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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1965
Page
2
The notice lists subscription rates by carrier in Monroe 35c per week and by mail in Wisconsin and Stephenson County nd Stey per year. Rates for outside Wisconsin and Benson County, Ind. are $13 per year. It notes AP republication rights and office hours from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
A 90 year old letter from Mrs. John F. (Alice) Martin, now in Elkhorn, shares playful wisdom about age. Born 1875 near Postville and once a Monticello teacher, she celebrates life after 90 with humor about freedom, errands, travel, and enjoying attention, saying life begins at 90.
Glancing back ten years to a collision between a car carrying two Monroe youths and a Beloit area fire department ambulance near a fatal accident scene. A gunman admits abducting pistol whipping and shooting a Harvard grocery manager. Roads are slick with freezing drizzle creating hazardous driving conditions.
Bernard H. Gleason 82, a Shullsburg area farmer, died at his home. Funeral service set for 10 a.m. at St. Matthew's Catholic Church with Rosary at 8 p.m. tonight at O'Flaherty Funeral Home. Survived by widow Mary, four sons Bernard Joseph John Benton Michael, five daughters including Mrs. Prine and Mrs. Weis kercher, two sisters, two brothers, and 28 grandchildren.
The Midnight Candlelight service of St. John’s United Church of Christ will be held at 11 p.m. tomorrow. The Sanctuary Choir will direct with Mrs. Perry Power, and Miss Susan Blumer is organist. A carol program features Mrs. Ernest Goecks and a quartet, with several solo and offertory performances by local church members.
In Winnemucca Nevada four year old Kerry Beressford died of leukemia two weeks after a Christmas wish came true. Ambulance crews and hospital staff arranged a private Santa visit and Kerry received a toy electric guitar the night of December 6. He smiled as he could not speak. In Monterey California Navy pilot Lt Cmdr Frank Ellis seeking NASA astronaut candidacy despite losing both legs. The Navy backs his bid and Adm David MacDonald notes Ellis would rank fifth among 70 if qualified.
Reinhard Woitzik an unemployed dental technician was jailed for 18 months to 30 years for vandalizing a Jewish cemetery in Bamberg. He admitted the acts and expressed remorse, stating Jews have the right to live. He is 20 years old.
S. R. Barua, 53, convicted of hoarding essentials, was sentenced to four years in prison. He appealed, and the Special Crimes Appellate Court, during Lal Bahadur Shastri’s Burma visit, ordered leniency and released him in the interest of friendly India Burma relations.
Vice President Hubert Humphrey shows newsmen a two month old black poodle at his Minneapolis Federal Building office opening. He says the dog is the Humphreys Christmas gift to each other and jokes about its house breaking. The brief scene adds a personal note to the political event.
Former President Harry S. Truman and wife arrive in New York to spend Christmas with daughter Margaret Truman Daniel and her family. They are greeted at the airport by son-in-law Clifton Daniel and grandson Clifton, age eight.
New Orleans notes the death of Al Ritz from a heart attack, dissolving the trio of Ritz brothers famed for slapstick routines. Al led the group with Harry and Jimmy, who shared the center spotlight and teamed that named act across film, TV and stage.
Alfred Britz age 64 and his brothers Jimmy 61 and Harry 61 hail from Newark New Jersey. Alfred's widow remains to grieve as the family prepares for funeral services in Los Angeles and burial Monday. In Bangkok comedian Bob Hope aged 63 fell five feet at Korat Air Base while performing for U.S. servicemen. He continued the show and was later examined for a torn ligament in the left ankle. Hope planned a 14th annual overseas Christmas tour and was to perform in Bangkok and then Vietnam.
Evansville special report notes George A Holvey 60 a former area farmer from Seago Texas died unexpectedly Tuesday in Dearborn Heights Michigan during a holiday visit with his son Lawrence surviving in Dearborn Heights his mother Mrs Ruth Perry Parsons Kansas a brother Montfort California and four grandchildren
Three traffic incidents were logged by Monroe police yesterday afternoon. At 4 14 p m a collision between a Garet W Kundert Brodhead and a Thomas C Rodebaugh Orangeville in the 1000 block of 16th Ave. At 5 35 p m Arleigh J Frautschy Route 1 and Barbara E Voegels Juda backed from parking stalls in the 1600 block of 10th St. At 5 51 p m Marie R Sehwerin 2210 15th St and Lowise H Kaderly 2102 14th St collided in the Kroger parking lot.
Columbus Ohio Post master Kenneth Bailey of New Albany offers free coffee to customers to encourage early Christmas mailings. He pays for the coffee out of his own pocket.
On December 23 1940 William Heitz of Brodhead sustained a fractured pelvis when his vehicle overturned A two year old Albany child choked to death on a popcorn grain Viscount Halifax is named to a Washington post.
Miss Marilyn Kubly daughter of Mr and Mrs Glenn H Kubly 2419 7th St will spend Christmas day at her home here for the first time in seven years after six Christmases abroad She teaches at Atlantic Beach and is on a two week vacation Also at home is her sister Claire Kubly Baton Rouge Both have spent holidays in Europe and Asia while teaching and visiting relatives
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